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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

問もん題だい意い識しき

mondaiishiki

awareness of an issue

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは明敏めいびんな問題意識もんだいいしきをもっている。

    He has a keen awareness of the problem.

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  2. 背景はいけいには、伝統的町並でんとうてきまちなみの喪失そうしつ、環境問題かんきょうもんだい、日本人にっぽんじんのアイデンティティーなどの問題意識もんだいいしきが、最近さいきんになって日本人にっぽんじんにようやく芽生めばえてきたことがある。

    Reasons for this include an increased consciousness in recent times on the part of many Japanese in relation to the loss of traditional typical buildings and houses along the streets, environmental problems and issues surrounding Japanese identity.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 各地かくちの知識人層ちしきじんそうを、自由民権問題じゆうみんけんもんだいを通つうじて結むすびつかせ、同おなじ問題意識もんだいいしきを共有きょうゆうさせたといえる。

    It can be said that the issue of freedom and people’s rights brought intellectuals from various regions together and gave them a shared awareness of the problem.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 問題意識

  • 問question; askOnモンKunとう・とい・とん
  • 題topic; subjectOnダイ
  • 意idea; mindOnイ
  • 識discriminating; knowOnシキKunしる・しるす

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